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driver location signs

Tell us where you are and we can get to you faster

If you break down or need to report an incident, it’s really important to know where you are.

You can give us your exact location instantly using the AA app. Alternatively, the driver location signs on motorways and A roads will help us or the emergency services find you.

Where are driver location signs?

Driver location signs are small and blue. You’ll find them at the side of motorways positioned every 500 metres, and on some major A roads. You might hear them referred to as distance marker posts. They were introduced in the early 2000s to give drivers additional information to the motorway marker posts - signs posted every 100 metres showing the directions to the nearest emergency phone.

What do driver location signs tell you?

Providing the details written on the sign nearest to the incident will make it quicker to get to you.

The top line shows which road you’re on

The letter on the second line – A or B – tells us the direction you’re travelling in